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GSEs completed nearly 60,000 foreclosure prevention actions in Q1 2023: FHFA

Housing Wire

“[T]otal refinance volume increased in March 2023 as mortgage rates continued to decrease through February from the October peak of 6.90%,” the report said. Mortgage rates rose in March: the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 6.54% from a February level of 6.26%.”

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FHFA prevention actions surpassed 52K in Q4 2022

Housing Wire

The GSEs’ real estate-owned (REO) inventory increased 7% from 10,251 in Q3 to 10,997 in Q4 due to REO acquisitions outpacing property dispositions. Mortgage rates fell in December: the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage decreased to 6.36% from a November level of 6.81%.”

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131 Real Estate Terms & Definitions Your Clients Expect You to Know in 2023

The Close

It’s kind of like a fixed-rate mortgage and an adjustable-rate mortgage had a baby. A convertible ARM is a mortgage with a much lower interest rate at the start of the loan, where the interest rate fluctuates during the life of the loan, usually every six months. Fixed-rate mortgage.